A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
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Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old for an investigated case of burglary, theft and malicious damage.
According to the police, on June 19 a petrol station in Nicosia was broken into ...
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The risk of wildfires in all forest areas remains extremely high on Wednesday, the Forestry Department announced.
“The public is urged to be extremely careful and to completely avoid actions ...
In this episode, controversial barbed wire fencing along stretches of the buffer zone may start being removed in September.
Elsewhere, British bases authorities are optimistic they will be able to ...
Police on Tuesday in Paphos arrested two women for an investigated case of car theft while a third male suspect is wanted for the case.
According to police statement, the ...
Firefighting services on Wednesday morning brought under complete control a fire that broke out in Lemythou village in Limassol.
According to a statement by the forestry department the fire broke ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday travelled to Ramallah, Palestine, where he met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and agreed to a trilateral summit with Greece.
According to an official ...
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) will be carrying out cable works on the highway from the Rizoelia roundabout to the Livadia exit in Larnaca on Wednesday and Thursday.
The works will ...
Police identified and picked up two groups of illegal migrants from streets after they landed undetected and were found walking in two coastal areas.
According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, ...
Police on Tuesday arrested a 37-year-old man and his parents, aged 65 and 68, for a case of illegal drugs possession with intent to supply.
According to the police, members of the ...
In an official statement released by Hellenic Bank this week, it has been confirmed that the bank has retained its position as the most adequately capitalised systemic bank in Cyprus, ...
A yellow warning for high temperatures has been issued for Wednesday, in force from midday until 5pm. The weather will be clear with a high of 40C inland, 35C on ...
Even with the known risks to health and ecosystems, conventional agriculture is hooked on chemical pesticides
Things are better than they used to be on the pesticides front. For example, ...
A mobile traffic camera operator in Limassol was found positive to a preliminary narcotest, police said on Tuesday night.
According to authorities, a citizen complained to them that the vehicle ...
The United States will continue to support the agreed Security Council framework for a bizonal, bicommunal federation with political equality and will continue to urge the parties to resume negotiations, ...
Officials and farmers said on Tuesday they do not anticipate either a spike in grain prices or immediate shortages after the lapse of the Black Sea grain deal last month.
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Work has been completed on the excavation of a monumental fortress at the Laona-Palaepaphos ancient site, dating to the Cypro-Classical period (5th–4th c. BC), the antiquities department said on ...
The north’s current ‘labour minister’ Hasan Tacoy announced on Tuesday his intention to challenge ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel for the leadership of the UBP.
Speaking in a televised interview, ...
Teens from across the divide met and participated in a Cyprus Friendship Programme intercommunal student camp last week, where they were visited by the deputy British High Commsioner.
The camp, ...
Nikos Christodoulides’ presidential campaign office was hit with a €36,000 fine on Tuesday for violating the election rules in the run up to the elections.
The fine came from personal data ...
Officials have given assurances that by September Cyprus will do a test run of an ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) register for companies, and that by the end of the year ...
Controversial barbed wire fencing along stretches of the buffer zone may start being removed in September, reports said on Tuesday.
The news was welcomed by residents of the impacted villages, ...
Larnaca officials on Tuesday gave the government an ultimatum: either the Koshi landfill stays or the asphalt plant. Both cannot coexist in the same area.
Refineries have left parts of ...